#Godisinit! Nelson Chamisa"s theology to address the sociopolitical crisis in Zimbabwe

The Bible presents God journeying with the weak and the poor. God’s involvement in the affairs of the less privileged was because of God’s nature of being just, compassionate, eternal, omnipresent and unchangeable. These attributes gave the weak hope as God intervened in their circumstances. Althoug...

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Main Author: Mujinga, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 80, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Citizen Coalition for Change
B doctrine of God
B Nelson Chamisa
B Zimbabwe
B #Godisinit
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